Astrobotic Technology and Carnegie Mellon University researchers have completed structural assembly of a lunar landing craft that will deliver a robot called Red Rover to the Moon in 2014.

New research led by Oxford University has found that just 10 regional hubs supplying green ammonia could decarbonise up to 60 per cent of global shipping emissions.

Plastics have been combined with carbon nanotubes to create 3D-printed plate-lattice metamaterials claimed to be tougher and lighter than similar forms of aluminium.

CADFind, the first commercial design retrieval system that can find 2D engineering drawings from a sketch, has now been extended to work with 3D CAD solid modelling environments.

Scientists from the National Robotarium in Scotland have unveiled the design of a new train cleaning robot that could help existing cleaners by getting into hard-to-reach places. 

Special particles in security inks that were developed to foil forgers might now help catch all kinds of criminals.

Lanxess is investing €25 million in China to create a new high-tech plastics production facility and a new technical rubber products technology centre.

Scientists at the University of York have taken part in developing a way of using plants to clean up land contaminated by explosives.

University of Minnesota’s Michael McAlpine talks synthetic prostates for safer surgeries, 3D printed organs, Human X and printing electronic inks